New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.

Got it from here : https://infosec.exchange/@mattburgess/111885761552024420

NEW: WhatsApp will soon make it possible to chat with people who use other messaging apps. It’s revealed some more details on how that will work.

— Apps will need to sign an agreement with Meta, then connect to its servers.

— Meta wants people to use the Signal Protocol, but also says other encryption protocols can be used if they can meet WhatsApp’s standards

— WhatsApp has been testing with Matrix in recent months, although nothing is agreed yet. Swiss app Threema says it won’t become interoperable

  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’ve been looking for info about this for months, as it was obviously a part of the EU’s anti-gatekeeping legislation from last year, but I couldn’t find any info. Specifically I wanted to know which apps would be able to communicate with WhatsApp - Telegram? Signal? Something else?

    And now that there’s an article, it’s behind a paywall…

    Edit: managed to read it through Firefox’s reader mode. Unfortunately they don’t know, but not for lack of trying:

    So far, it is unclear which companies, if any, are planning to connect their services to WhatsApp. WIRED asked 10 owners of messaging or chat services—including Google, Telegram, Viber, and Signal—whether they intend to look at interoperability or had worked with WhatsApp on its plans. The majority of companies didn’t respond to the request for comment. Those that did, Snap and Discord, said they had nothing to add.

    The only service they mentioned that definitely will have chat interoperability is Facebook Messenger… Yeah, no fucking thanks.